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In the Fields # 2

Danny Pierce

Artwork Details

In the Fields # 2
1953
Danny Pierce
woodcut on paper
16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.8 cm);22 x 28 in. (55.88 x 71.12 cm);13 15/16 x 18 in. (35.4 x 45.72 cm)
Museum Purchase
1954/1.158

Description

Subject Matter:

In the Fields #2 is a color woodcut of two horses tied up to a hitching post in a field. Animals were Pierce's first subjects as a young artist, and remained a central theme throughout his artistic career. 

Physical Description:

A pair of horses, one black, one brown, harnessed together as if for a plow or wagon, stand in a field with some trees in the background. 

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